Leadership

After Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health & Services closed its ASC in Spokane Valley, Wash., Carey Brazzle, RN, knew she wanted to join the COVID-19 screening site at the Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, The Spokesman-Review reports.

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii-based Kona ASC is collecting personal protective equipment for Kona Community Hospital, Big Island Now reports.

There could be value in requiring healthcare facilities to report how many of their employees have tested positive for COVID-19, Tennessee Sen. Steve Dickerson, MD, R-Nashville, told the Tennessean.

Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital is trimming its payroll with furloughs, layoffs and reduced hours in departments that have seen low volumes due to COVID-19, AL.com reports.

Unveiled March 30, CMS' new "Hospitals Without Walls" initiative allows hospitals to provide inpatient care in ASCs and other temporary expansion sites as part of their COVID-19 response efforts.

A Florida woman hopes crowdfunding can help her make rent while the ASC where she works is closed, according to Fox 2 Detroit.

Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has captured the national spotlight with daily briefings on New York's COVID-19 crisis.

In a state where cases of COVID-19 are doubling nearly every three days, the New York State Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers is regularly communicating with its roughly 80 members to offer guidance, resources and leadership through the crisis.

The American Medical Association is calling on the U.S. State Department to expand the physician workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic by opening visa processing for international physicians.

The nation's 5,800-plus ASCs — many of which have temporarily closed or limited services — could serve as treatment centers to slow the spread of COVID-19, several healthcare leaders say.